Pros
Team of capable, smart, honest, hard-working professionals Interesting, trans disciplinary technology Opportunities to interact with leading industrial and academic groups around the globe
Cons
Principals do not understand the value of others, hire valuable experience they will not listen to, do not find value on hiring and using effectively business talents outside their skill set -many blind spots there Company and team opportunities are fumbled by not planning and placing resources based on data and facts Cult mindset product development on obscure unproven new techniques that hurts marketing and sales teams, stop marketing penetration Decisions fall in the hands of very few with no rational or due process / group analysis. On acquisition employees got admonished not to communicate with OI which limited visibility of areas for improvement No career development, chip-on-shoulder attitude by principal -no leadership skills: take full credit for team wins, blame full failure on others Below industry compensation Emergence of important number of competitors and dominance by market leader with savvier business teams